[quote=jpinpb]Can you drive a Japanese car w/pea soup oil or no water? Then add water later and have it run for years? If so, then I’ll be impressed.[/quote]
I HAVE driven a Toyota a lo-o-o-o-ong time w/o changing the oil. But they run so much better on the road with frequent oil changes using synthetic oil.
I’ve also driven a few miles with water pump failure and steaming under the hood. But once I got it parked and got the hose on it to cool it off and filled it up with water enough to get it to a repair shop, it was okay. No engine damage.
[quote=jpinpb]. . . And what’s this only thing going for American cars was patriotic bs hype.?
Ahem… with the way our economy is, now would be a good time to be patriotic and buy American, or at least not Chinese.
If every there’s a call to be patriotic — no offense to anyone pro-war — but we heard about the war being patriotic. I say buying American is much more patriotic.[/quote]
jpinpb, this subject is grayer than it looks at first blush. For instance, Toyota has MANY factories in the US, employing US unionized workers. Their biggest plant (that makes light trucks) is based in Kentucky. Granted, their parts come from Japan but the jobs are HERE.
